I need pre-workout snack ideas. The problem? It must be liquid! I used to eat a banana before going to the gym in the morning. It was perfect because I could hop out of bed, eat, put on my gym clothes, and go. Since I had lap-band surgery, I've been...
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Financial life in chaos. Now what? Another day of savings/checking down to zero and totally sick of it. I make close to six figures. However, I also pay 90% of bills from my check (utilities, groceries, doc bills), including $300 min payments on a $15k...
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I've been in only one relationship. It lasted three years, and it was fabulous in many ways. Now that it's over, I'm not sure how I can ever have that again. I know there's no 'the one,' and that there MUST be many men out there who could make me happy....
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i'm a relatively healthy 30-something woman with grave's disease. i just got some worrysome blood results and my new (soon to be former) primary care physician is not being helpful. she ran a full blood work panel and my liver results were elevated for...
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I think I'm depressed and need some time off from work, but I'm also a new employee. What do I tell HR? I've been working for my current company for 10 months now though I was working as a temp for the first 9 months and as a full time hire for just...
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Is this relationship doomed? I love my girlfriend. But her ex-boyfriend is apparently a "part of her family". They broke up years ago, but here's the kicker. All three of us work together. They sleep at each other's homes as friends. She openly admits...
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I'm French and living in the United Kingdom for several months for business. I'm depressed, and would like to see a therapist. I have very little money. I hear there are often long waits here. Can I see someone through through the NHS in the next month?...
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My mom passed away, how can I keep her vehicle which still has a balance on the loan? My mom has passed away after fighting an illness for a few years. She had a house, which her father left to her and her brother stating "Joint tenants with right of...
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I like him. He likes me. We have been best friends for years, but I just got out of a serious relationship and realized I strongly care about him...but I know I am not ready to be a girlfriend again. I don't want him to wait for me, but I would like...
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How to not look like a square? I was recently told by someone who knows me well that I appear, and have always appeared, as a total square. This surprised me quite a bit, because I'm into a lot of "cool" things such as the music scene, indie publishing,...
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Best way to get nude photos printed? I would like to take some nude photos of myself to give to my S.O. How could I get them printed? Typically, if I want to print a digital photo, I upload it to the Walgreens website and pick up prints there, but, would...
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Disclosure-of-confidential-information-by-a-partner-filter. Am I overreacting? [Long] I apologize if this post sounds too "clinical," but I'm going to try to describe the situation as neutrally as I can, with the hope of obtaining as much feedback as...
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SJ helps her mum to embrace fashion and her body shape
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Notice how the mainstream press (Time Magazine) dissed the Israeli government and Bibi. This is new. Change that we can believe in (We hope): Guardian: It doesn’t seem to realise it, but Israel cannot afford to keep on behaving in this disobliging...
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Two days ago, Drew Magary wondered out loud if any of our readers would really do porn if offered. Well, one anonymous reader has. Here is his story. More »...
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Alix Critchley shares a true life experience
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I have bed bugs and it is driving me crazy. The exterminator won't arrive for another two days! How do I deal with the psychological stress of it all? I keep imagining the bugs crawling on me everywhere and I can't sleep. My imagination is running wild...
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Can I train myself to not to obsess about some (slightly) pesky barking dogs? There's a small farm next door, and a little house where the caretaker lives with her 3 dogs. Our property is separated by a small forested gully, and there's roughly 350 feet...
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What are some best practices for taking a relationship from long distance to not? I'm sure many MeFites have been in this situation... my long distance relationship (yes, we met online) is about to become short distance. Person A is moving across the...
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Help me catch a thief in the act. Things have been going missing from my sister's home: jewellery, cash, a Nintendo DS. This has been happening over a period of time and it's become obvious that the thief must be somebody she knows. My sister's husband...
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Career Change Filter: I've decided to change careers, but don't know when. Should I do it now, or should I wait and work more on my social life. Any advice appreciated. I'm a 25-year old, single male currently in a job that I dislike. The actual work...
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I've been more-or-less diagnosed with adult ADHD at 33. My psychiatrist said that, if I weren't "too smart," it would be an easy to say I've got ADHD. My psychiatrist wants to medicate and my therapist won't comment. I'm already on 450mg of generic wellbutrin...
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Need advice from people who've dealt with pseudonyms. I use a genuine sounding pseudonym for my benign hobby, but my regular name for work & social events. Want to take hobby to a semi-professional level soon, so I want to get my identity issues...
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Can mere arousal make my urine cloudy? From time to time in my life, I have been close to girls that I really liked a lot, and though I'm not "turned on" in terms of an erection, there is definitely some sort of deeper sexual arousal happening. I am...
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What in your opinion is the most difficult, impressive, or character-demonstrating community volunteer work? I have to write a feature for my college newspaper. We do features on volunteer work pretty often, but their impact seems to be decreasing. They...
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Should I feel bad about wanting to have anal sex? We've been together a very long time, love each other very much. I really really want to have anal sex with her. But everytime I bring it up, she changes the subject. She never says "no," but she always...
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